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Car traps can take different forms but the ones being installed by MetroBus are deep gravel pits which sit in the middle of the busway.

The width of the buses mean they won’t be affected, but any other vehicle – including cars, motorbikes or bicycles – will end up getting stuck in the gravel.

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A MetroBus spokesperson insisted the car traps are only being installed on certain routes and will be clearly signposted.

“The car trap is only at the start of the guided busway. It is not on every bus lane. It prevents cars going on the MetroBus only busway.

“The guided busway is for the specially adapted MetroBus vehicles and runs from Long Ashton park and ride towards the Cumberland Basin and into the busway over the Winterstoke Road,” the spokesperson explained.

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“The busway is not available to cars, taxis, motorbikes or cycles or pedestrians (a track alongside much of it can be used by cycles and pedestrians). It allows the MetroBus to bypass the traffic – making it faster and more reliable.

A car trap is being built on the Metrobus route

“The bus lanes on the road will be managed in the normal way, shared use according to the location, managed by signage in the normal way.

“There is no danger to taxis, motorcyclists or cyclists unless they are trying to go where they should not, and where there will be clear signage to tell them not to go.”